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Paul Taffanel

1844 - 1908

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Claude-Paul Taffanel (16 September 1844 – 22 November 1908) was a French flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School that dominated much of flute composition and performance during the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Taffanel is the 1,086th most popular composer (down from 1,012th in 2019), the 4,138th most popular biography from France (down from 3,878th in 2019) and the 147th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Taffanel ranks 1,086 out of 1,451. Before him are František Škroup, Arturo Márquez, Walter Piston, John Ottman, Hugo Distler, and Tristan Murail. After him are Philippe Verdelot, Henri Pousseur, Valeri Brainin, Simeon ten Holt, Percy Faith, and William Lawes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Paul Taffanel ranks 80. Before him are Pyotr Tkachev, Detlev von Liliencron, Jules de Burlet, Alois Riehl, Camille Lemonnier, and Dimitrios Rallis. After him are Gerard Manley Hopkins, Arturo Soria y Mata, Alexei Fedchenko, Mutsu Munemitsu, Klaus Berntsen, and William Robert Brooks. Among people deceased in 1908, Paul Taffanel ranks 81. Before him are Milovan Glišić, Ernest Fenollosa, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, William Edward Ayrton, Baron Ignaz von Plener, and Manuel Curros Enríquez. After him are Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Simo Matavulj, Nozu Michitsura, Hashimoto Gahō, and Lorenz Frølich.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Taffanel ranks 4,138 out of 6,770. Before him are Benjamin Pavard (1996), Stanislas Julien (1797), Marguerite Broquedis (1893), Jean-Louis Bruguès (1943), Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), and Tristan Murail (1947). After him are Joseph-Alfred Serret (1819), Adrien Auzout (1622), Daniel Balavoine (1952), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Philippe Verdelot (null), and Prosper-René Blondlot (1849).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Paul Taffanel ranks 147. Before him are Robert Cambert (1628), Édouard Deldevez (1817), Jean Mouton (1459), Philippe Sarde (1948), Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), and Tristan Murail (1947). After him are Philippe Verdelot (null), Jean Guillou (1930), Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729), Bruno Coulais (1954), Ernest Reyer (1823), and Antoine Duhamel (1925).

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